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IMPROVEMENT IN cULTIvToRs.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. HERNDON, of Bancroft, inthe county of Daviess, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and improved Cultivator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the-art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved cultivator, of that class which are provided with laterally` moving shovels, arranged so that they may be moved by the feet of the driver; and also provided with shovels at the outer sides of the laterally-moving ones, which, in connection with the latter. may be raised andlowered, but have no other movement.

The invention consists in a novel arrangement and construction of the parts,wwhereby a very simple and durable machine, of the kind specified, is obtained, and one which may be operated with the greatest facility. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line x cr, fig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of. the same. i

Figure`3, a transverse v-ertical section of the same, taken in the line y y, tig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted on two wheels B B, the latter' being iitted loosely on arms a a, which project from bars C C, having an inclined position, and attached, at their upper ends, to the sides of the frame A. These bars-G C give an elevated position to the frame A, admitting of the latter being above the hubs of the wheels, as shown in figs. 1 and 8. To the front cross-bar, b, of the frame A, there are attached, by joints, c, two pendent bars, D D, to the lower ends of which plough-beams E are attached, one to each, and to the rear ends of' these beams there are secured standards, F, having shares, G, at their lower ends, ot the usual cultivator or shovel-shape. On each beam E there is secured a clip, II, and these clips are connected by links, I, to the lower endsvof the bars C C. By this arrangement the beams E E are braced laterally, and at the same time allowed a rising and falling adjusting-movement. J J are plough-beams, provided with standards, K, at their rear ends, to which shovels or shares, L, are attached. The front ends of the beams JJ are connected by joints, eZ d, to the lower ends of pendants M M, which are attached to the front cross-bar 6, and these pendants are braced by bars e e, from a cross-piece, f, of frame A. Eachplough-beam J has an upright, g, attached to it, the upper ends of which are connected by a bar, t, the ends of the latter being pivoted to the uprights. Each upright, at its upper end, basa bar, N, pivoted to it, and these barsN cross each other, andare connected tothe upper ends of arms O, which project upward from the front ends of.sl1afts P, the latter having their bearings on the beams E E', and allowed to turn freely therein. The rear ends ofthe shafts P P have arms, Q, projecting from them, the arms Q being at right angles with the arms O, and at the outer end of each arm Q there isv a stirrup, Rand these stirrnps receive the feet of the driver on seat S. The ploughbeams E J, at each side of the machine, are connected by a link, T, and these links are conncc ted by chains, with pulleys, V, on a sl1aft,W, which has its bearings on the frame A. The shaft W has an arm, z', projecting from it, by which the shaft W may be turneihand all the pldugh-beams raised or lowered, and the shovels or shares made to penetrate the earth at a greater or less depth, as desired, or retained entirely out ofthe ground, when turning at the ends ofrows, or moving the machine from place to place. The shovels or shares L, ot' the inner beams J, as the .machine is drawn along, work, one at each side of a row of plants, and said shovels or shares are moved laterally, in order to conform to the sinuosities of the row, by actuating the arms Q, which the driver accomplishes by means of his feet. l

The device is extremely simple and eiiicient, may be constructed at a small cost, and there are no parts to get out of repair, o1' become deranged by use.

I claim as new, and desire t0 scure by Letters Patentl. The combination and arrangement of the beams E J, connected by chains U to pulleys V, on the shaft W, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The connecting of the inner beams J J by the bar lt, and the attaching of the nprights gg on said beams, to the arms Q, by the bars N, arms lO, and shafts P, for the purpose of giving a lateral -movement to the shares or shovels L, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

JOHN T. HERNDON. Witnesses: y

JAMES F. HnNnRIcKs, NATHAN NICHOLS. 

